The Ho Chi Minh City Labor Union yesterday organized the program named “Beloved Mid-Autumn Festival 2023” for over 600 children of workers, employees, disabled people and orphans with difficult circumstances.
The US Navy delegation of the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) visited and offered gifts to orphans at the Hope Village in the central coastal city of Da Nang on June 26.
Today, the Ho Chi Minh City-based Trade Union Social Work Center under the Ho Chi Minh City Labor Confederation in coordination with the City Center for Rehabilitation and Support for Children with Disabilities gave scholarships and gifts to orphans and children with disabilities on occasion of International Children's Day, June 1.
Speaking at the meeting with Ho Chi Minh City National Assembly deputies, President Nguyen Xuan Phuc said that children must be given priority for health examination first, and other physical and mental benefits are guaranteed especially for children with disabilities, cancer kids, those from poverty-stricken families, orphans, and those belonging to ethnic minority groups.
At the Ho Chi Minh City People's Council’s fifth session on the morning of April 7, Deputy Chairwoman of the municipal People’s Committee Phan Thi Thang made a statement about taking care of elderly people, orphans and people in difficult circumstances proposing a sum of VND61 billion (US$ 2,672,522) for supporting these vulnerable populations.
For 16 years, 60-year-old Dinh Minh Nhat living in Ia H’lop Commune, Chu Se District, Gia Lai Province has been the upbringer of abandoned newborns and orphans.
The Ho Chi Minh City Steering Committee for Covid-19 Prevention and Economic Recovery yesterday held a regular meeting to update the pandemic status in the city as well as matters related to the upcoming Tet Holiday.
The National Fund for Vietnamese Children (NFVA) offered support to nearly 15,500 children hit by Covid-19 last year at a total cost of over VND20.8 billion (US$904,000), 2,930 of them were orphans and 520 had their mothers infected with the virus, said NFVA Director Hoang Van Tien.
As per the new guidance of inter-departments of Education & Training; Finance and Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs, preschool students in private and public facilities would receive lunch support for full-day .
500 students from low-income families, orphans and disabled students in Ho Chi Minh City’s districts 12 and Binh Chanh and in the Mekong delta provinces of Tien Giang and Vinh Long were offered scholarship yesterday.
